Our cross-country skiing hotels

Unique in Switzerland: hotels with guaranteed cross-country skiing fun. A maximum walking distance of two minutes from the hotel to the cross-country ski trail, a drying room for your cross-country skis and premium overnight wax service are all important requirements of cross-country skiers staying at the resort. All the hotels in Kandersteg that meet these criteria have been awarded the ""quality label"" seal for cross-country skiing hotels.

By the way... it goes without saying, of course, that the current cross-country snow report is updated every day and that the hotels also arrange cross-country skiing lessons at short notice.

Our cross-country skiing accommodation providers must offer at least the following services to earn our quality label - all this for you to be able to enjoy your perfect cross-country skiing holiday!

They must be really close to the trails - 2-minute walk or less from the hotel entrance

Drying room/laundry

Ski room with waxing station

Premium ski and wax service

Arranging sport massages

Arranging cross-country lessons

Cross-country skiers’ lunch menu

Guest card with various reductions as well as free use of the local buses

Waldhotel Doldenhorn****

Are you looking for a break from your everyday life?
Then let yourself be pampered at the Waldhotel Doldenhorn and enjoy being just minutes away from the ski trails! Drinking coffee on the sun-warmed terrace after cross-country skiing is a real community ritual! You can also freshen your body and spirit in the Doldenhorn spa and thus increase your sense of well-being.

Belle Epoque Hotel Victoria***

In the Hotel Victoria Ritter, special emphasis is placed on conviviality, comfort and service. With its extremely convenient location in the centre of the village and surrounded by a park, adjacent to the cross-country ski trails of Kandersteg, make Hotel Victoria your next holiday residence!

Hotel Alfa Soleil***

Leave the stresses of your everyday life behind you as you enjoy peace and recharge your strength while soaking up the sun... you deserve it! Would you like to be able to explore the dream cross-country ski trails at the foot of the Blüemlisalp while spending the nights in a very comfortable hotel?
If so, the Hotel Alfa Soleil is exactly the right place for you! You can also enjoy the culinary delights in Nico's Restaurant - the ideal nourishment after a long day's cross-country skiing!

Hotel Bernerhof***

This homely chalet-style hotel is located in the heart of picturesque Kandersteg with magnificent views of the mountain world. Very centrally located and close to all the cable cars, shops and the train station, the cross-country ski trails pass directly in front of the hotel. The Bernerhof has a fine restaurant with excellent cuisine. Enjoy excellent hospitality - it is not for nothing that the hotel has been given an award for being one of the most friendly hotels in Switzerland!

Hotel Blümlisalp***

In the family-run 3-star Hotel Blümlisalp you will find your true holiday home: enjoyment, cross-country skiing, relaxing and feasting! As a member of the Guild of Established Gastronomes, chef Christian Wyss is in the kitchen every day, cooking and supervising the preparation and quality of the dishes.
At eye level with real happiness, you can't help but feel good!

Hotel Ermitage***

Hotel Ermitage: a holiday hotel in which people from all over the world feel at home. It is situated right next to the gondola cable car taking you to the beautiful winter world of the Oeschinensee region. The prepared cross-country ski trails are also just a couple of minutes away. The excellent cuisine is greatly appreciated by visitors and locals alike - come and try it yourself!

Landgasthof Ruedihus

The Ruedihus is a branch of the 4-star Superior-Hotel Doldenhorn. With its 250-year-old venerable atmosphere, guests experience something of the tranquillity which is often so greatly missed in today's world. Guests get to enjoy Swiss specialities from the traditional cuisine, natural and genuine in character and yet full of refinement. The Ruedihus is ideally located; you can reach the cross-country ski trails in the valley as well as the Sunnbüel high-altitude trail within the shortest possible time.

Hotel des Alpes**

The Hotel des Alpes is characterised by its informal atmosphere - you will feel at ease in this 2-star hotel. The official starting point of the Eldorado of cross-country skiing is located just behind the hotel - an ideal prerequisite for your sporting holiday! The local bus stops directly in front of the hotel and takes you to the cable cars, for example to the Sunnbüel cable car. From there you can access the high-altitude cross-country ski trail - enjoy the beautiful circular route in the midst of the beautiful Alpine mountain world.